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Study for the head of the Virgin c.1853-76
Albumen print | 25.2 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851298
After Raphael (1483-1520)
Study for the head of the Virgin c.1853-76
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A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1502-03) now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1895,0915.611). The drawing is a study for the figure of the Virgin.
The photograph shows the head and shoulders of a veiled female figure, her head tilted down to the left and her eyes cast down.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
25.2 x 18.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p.142, no.35r
Catalogue of the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. v. P. Pouncey and J.A.Gere, Raphael and His Circle (1962); pp.4-5, no.3
Gere/Turner 1983 : J.A. Gere and Nicholas Turner, 1983. Drawings by Raphael from the Royal Library, the Ashmolean, the British Museum, Chatsworth and other English collections, London p.37, no.18
